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Showing posts with label Chowder. Show all posts

Potato Chowder

Author: Top of the Rock Astronaut / Labels: ,


Pare and chop into dice 6 potatoes. Put into a frying pan 1 chopped onion and 2 slices of bacon cut into small pieces, fry until a light brown. Put the potatoes, bacon and onion, a little chopped parsley, salt and pepper into a saucepan. Add 1 pt. of water, cover and simmer 15 or 20 minutes. Then add 1 pt. of milk. Mix 1 tablespoonful each of butter and flour, add to the rest and stir carefully until it boils.

Corn Chowder

Author: Top of the Rock Astronaut / Labels: ,


Pare and slice 4 potatoes and 2 onions. Cut ½ a pound of bacon into small pieces. Fry the bacon and onion until a light brown. Into a saucepan put the potatoes, 1 qt. of grated corn, the bacon and seasoning. Put these in, in layers, potatoes, bacon, corn, and continue in that way until all is used. Now add ½ a pint of boiling water and let simmer for ½ an hour. Add 1 pint of hot milk. Thicken with 1 tablespoonful of butter and 2 of flour rubbed smooth. Add 6 broken water crackers. The last thing add the beaten yolk of an egg and serve at once.

Clam Chowder

Author: Top of the Rock Astronaut / Labels: ,


Take 1 qt. of clams and chop them fine. Fry two slices of salt pork in an iron pot. When the fat is fried out, take the brittle out, put into the fat 2 slices of onion, then a layer of sliced potatoes, then a layer of chopped clams, sprinkle well with salt and pepper, then a layer of onion, then the bits of fried pork, cut into small pieces, add a layer of broken crackers. Do this until all is used. Then add the clam liquor and enough water to cover. Cook 20 minutes. Add 2 cups of hot milk just before serving. Use for this 6 large crackers, 1 onion, 6 potatoes, 1 qt. clams.

Fish Chowder

Author: Top of the Rock Astronaut / Labels:

Put ¼ of a lb. of bacon into a frying pan with 1 onion sliced; fry a light brown. Into a saucepan put a layer of potatoes, a layer of fish, then a few slices of the onion and bacon, then season. Continue until all has been used. Add 1 qt. of water, cover and let simmer 20 minutes without stirring. In a double boiler put 1 pt. of milk and break into it 6 water crackers; let it stand a few minutes then add to the chowder. Let it boil up once and serve. Use 3 lbs. of chopped fish and 3 potatoes for this.